An Age-old Question

August 18, 1985|By Peter Gammons, Boston Globe

DON'T GET TOO concerned about age, not when Carlton Fisk, 37, Darrell Evans, 37, and Gorman Thomas, 35, are 1-2-3 in homers. The oldest player to lead the AL in homers was Reggie Jackson, who tied with Thomas in '82 at the age of 36 with 39.